Fight against government bridge may not be over

This July 17, 2012 photo shows traffic moving across the Ambassador Bridge over the Detroit River in Detroit. United Auto Workers President Bob King says his union will remain neutral on Ambassador Bridge owner Matty Moroun's ballot proposal to require a public vote to build a competing international crossing. (AP Photo/ Detroit Free Press, Andre J. Jackson)

DETROIT (AP) -- An analyst who helped on a 2011 independent study of a new commuter bridge between Detroit and Canada believes the failure to pass a ballot proposal aimed at stopping construction may not have ended the legal fight over the span.

Spencer is a senior analyst with the East Lansing-based Anderson Economic Group.

Gov. Rick Snyder and Canadian officials have agreed to build the bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. It would be the stiffest competition to the $60 million grossed annually by the Ambassador Bridge.

Spencer says operators of the Ambassador Bridge "don't want competition from any entity."